Pick Everard is a UK based multi-disciplinary consultancy, operating primarily in the built environment. They offer services including Architecture, BIM services, Building services engineering, Civil engineering, Cost and commercial management, Environmental services, Health and safety services, Interior design, Landscape architecture, Management consultancy, Project and programme management, Property and asset advisory, Structural engineering, Sustainability and energy and Water engineering. The company was founded in 1866 as an engineering and architectural practice and have grown over 150 years to become a national practice with over 600 employees and 15 offices located throughout the UK including the head office in

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and further offices including Glasgow, London, Cardiff and Manchester, enabling Pick Everard to deliver multi-disciplinary services on a national basis.

History

Pick Everard was founded by

John Breedon Everard John Breedon Everard (22 September 1844 – 12 September 1923) was an English civil engineer and architect strongly associated with works in Leicestershire, and co-founder of the firm Pick Everard. Career Everard was born in Groby, Leicestershir ...

, a

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

in 1866 at 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester.

Samuel Perkins Pick Samuel Perkins Pick (1858Samuel Perkins Pick FRIBA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Accessed 11 April 2016. – 23 May 1919) wa ...

, an

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joined John Breedon Everard as his assistant in 1882 and as a partner in 1888. John Breedon Everard was the son of Breedon Everard, the joint founder of quarrying and mining business Ellis and Everard Ltd (later

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). He was the nephew of the brewer

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and in 1875 he designed a new

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for

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at Southgate St, Leicester. At the beginning of the 20th century, Bernard Everard (son of John Breedon Everard) became a partner of the firm, which changed its name to Everard, Son and Pick.

William Keay William Keay (1869-1952) was an English civil engineer and architect particularly associated with works in Leicestershire. Career Born in Leicester, Keay began his career as a civil engineer working with Everard, Son and Pick from 1911, while also ...

, a civil engineer who worked for Everard, Son and Pick became a partner circa 1920 and in 1925, Martin Gimson, a civil engineer became the fourth partner, changing the firm's name to Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson. The company today is called Pick Everard.

Services

Advisory Services; Architecture; BIM Consultants; Building Surveyors; Building Services Engineers; Civil Engineers; Cost Consultants and Quantity Surveyors; Environmental Consultants; Facilities Management Consultants; Health and Safety Consultancy Services; Interior Designers; Landscape Architects; Project Managers; Structural Engineers; Sustainability and Energy Consultants; Water Engineers.

Office locations

Birmingham; Bristol City; Bristol Bradley Stoke; Bury St Edmunds; Cardiff; Derby; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Inverness; Leeds; Leicester; London; Manchester; Nottingham; Sheffield.

Awards and recognition

* RICS Social Impact Awards: Education Award 2020 East * Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards: Best UK Business Performance (Large Organisation) Award 2019 * Celebrating Construction Awards: Integration and Collaborative Working Award 2019 and Value Award 2019 * NEC Awards: Client of the Year – Highly Commended 2019 * SPACES Awards: Young Visionary Awards – Highly Commended x 2 2019

References

Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom Engineering consulting firms British companies established in 1866 Companies based in Leicester 1866 establishments in England Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1866 {{UK-company-stub